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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
He talked as if he were a millionaire.
He talked as if he were a millionaire.
He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
Do the above two samples sound as right and good to you? If yes, are they the same in meaning? Thanks.
He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
Do the above two samples sound as right and good to you? If yes, are they the same in meaning? Thanks.
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Hi Angliholic He talked as if he were a millionaire. For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he was a millionaire at the time. He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
- Hi Angliholic He talked as if he were a millionaire.
- For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he was a millionaire at the time.
- He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
- For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he had been a millionaire earlier in his life even though he no longer was one.
- Many verb forms are used very vaguely in English and I think a person might say the second sentence and mean exactly the same as the first sentence means.
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Hi Angliholic
He talked as if he were a millionaire.
For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he was a millionaire at the time.
He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he had been a millionaire earlier in his life even though he no longer was one.
Many verb forms
He talked as if he were a millionaire.
For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he was a millionaire at the time.
He talked as if he had been a millionaire.
For example: He talked last year and gave the impression that he had been a millionaire earlier in his life even though he no longer was one.
Many verb forms
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Marius HancuI agree with CBThanks, CB and Marius.
By the way, if I use "as though" to replace "as if," namely,
He talked as though he were a millionaire.
He talked as though he had been a millionaire.
do I change their meanings?
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AngliholicBy the way, if I use "as though" to replace "as if," namely,No.
He talked as though he were a millionaire.
He talked as though he had been a millionaire.
do I change their meanings?
CB
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